Protecting-cap for fuses of projectiles.



No. 764,405. PATENTE JULY 5, 1904.

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SPECFKGATEN forming' 399.3% of Letters Patent No /ffilf', July 5, 'QLL Original application ie January Q, 1902, Serial hic. 39,043. Divided ami this application filed October l5, 1902. Serial H0.1Z7,4C'5. (No modali? Be it known that KARL NHQSER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a iesident of 34 Friederikenstmsse, R'ihtenscheid, near Es sen0n-theRuh1,Germany, have invented certain new and use-'fui Improvements in Proecbingaps foi Fuses oi' Projeceiies, of w hich the ioiiow'ing speciicstion.

This invention lreiajnes to a protesting-csp 1o for 'fuses of mojeesiiesa and more partieuisiy 'so Aehe dass shown in my appicstion for l at ent flied Jsnuei'y 9, 1902, eiiai No. 89,0455, of which this is divisieno lh has fer its ebject to provide impioved Cnn of this kind which Wiii be inexpensive to 'mir uiacue and can be easily sppiied to and removed iiom the fuse.

With this and ether ohjeegs in View the in vention consishs si' the parte and combinations oi' parte more 'fuiiy hereinafter describede and pointed out in the :appended cisirns.

in the drawings forming s pmt 0i this speciu heetion, l is a iongitudinsi section of the eepfanci Fig. 2 is e side View.

Like numerals indicate iiiie parte throughout sii the iigm'es of the drawings and in the specification.

prefemhiy einaninium or 'nin-gelate, having sn ovni shape conforming Le that of ehe fuse. 'The height is auch that it cow/ess the sepais-ting-joint@ .between 'the proeeaie C emi use The Wemding-esp is siiiized i in the rim nearly he 1he enefz. The E seifiereci inside 'of the at the side ei5 sn. immedistey shove the rim sn. i t@ alle pein; whezve `she siii, 'n *Ine begins, thence Guti/venti @ves the enige of 'he rim. Then it is ciiieeteci the iine hhe siii; and soldered to 'Lhewiis of the slit in such e manneij' as $30 eiosehe lather. The end of the wire 'formed int@ s isop i?, The siii;

@Quid instesci of closed hy soidering "che wir@ -herelh'be simply sohiere. and then ienf, esunfie by Ineens of e i009 secured the side of the siit and immedia'ey wey the rim o" esp. This consu-notion is especiaiiy suitsbie fol @eps having wsiis of Compm'etiveiy gieas shz'engh ni' sans Constructed of #Jongh 'mn-erisi.

' Av fastening foi" @he ce@ as weii as she hef meic @insure between the ce@ pzog'eetiie, may be eceonpiishe in (iiiexfent Ways; bui it is preferred in piece a, rubber Ting; K in the annulmgroeve in shei eine pmjeev Vlie sind secure it in this pesiiznn by internnvi similiar rib en hhecep.

in oider "so sepn'ae the esp 'mn iahe pmeeiiie, the loo@ is grasped and the nep is ripped @pen hy s puii @i the wir@ in adn-ee; 'ien peipenieuisrof nemfifg pewendieuisr te he axis of the peaje/chile; the sipping baking )ieee fon ihre hase of 'inward iis nel@ and the sspmetion en he cap from. 'the mjeeiie being simnieneous Wish the tem'- 'ngf open,

Ti ciesiie it is he nndesfod einem msj; make Various changes in ieormroporion, and ni noiq deteiis of censjrucien Witheet spewing from the spirit e? my ini'fentien,

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l. fi. 'prejeehiie him-'ing e me*Q ing devies fer inse., Cea'npr'isii stmeed o singe piece thin en over and secure@ 5;@ she entes* surface Apejectiie n having sniebie siii;

and suiteh-ie i3@ open seid s to the ci@ in e inem the piejef' epened.

imi/ing e mei-3e and having; ipping; Lieviee open the sii' i the een seeufefm adjacent 4he siii, te remove 'the fr he 'projectiie site? the siii 3, A traje/mis having eeen-feci the protecting-cen Cons'tiuetei wish s, slit that permite npeni zu Teme/'si :mai @new siit closed ieigfefi *Le ingwlire ewnefeii 'Ene weiis the siii, smi (Liesing h enti adapted een to open said slit, and being; secured to the cap at its edge to remove the cap from the projectile.

4C. A projectile ,provided'with e fuse and having secured thereto, over seid fuse, e pro-* fleeting-cap, constructed ot' a, single piece of thin metal, with an attaching-rim; and with a slit extending from this rim nearly to the apex, and a ripping-Wire having its inner end secured to the inside of the cap to remove the cap from the projectile, and passed thence around the base of the cap and over,'and soldered to the wells of the slit, for the purpose setforth.

5. A projectile having a metallic protecting-cap provided with e ripping-wire for ripping theI cap from its rim to its apex, Secured to the cap at one end adjacent the rim and the place where the rip is to be made by the rippingwvire.

6. A projectile having a metallic protecting-cap provided with a xipping-\vire for rippingl the cap from its base toits apex, secured at one end to the inside of the cap, and passed around the rim of the cap adjacent the place l Where the rip is to be made by the ripping wire.

The foregoing` specification signed at the United Stat-es consulate at Dusseldorf, Germany, this 23d dejr of September, 190i?.

KARL NVIESER. l 1n presence of* J PETER LIEBER,

WILLIAM ENWEIN. 

